AFD is pleased to present a valuable resource for our international clients and applicants: a complete English translation of the recently issued China National Intellectual Property Administration's official Guide for Design Patent Applications for Products Involving Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs).
This translation, carefully prepared by our intellectual property firm, is designed to help overseas innovators, designers, and legal professionals better understand and navigate China's design patent system for GUI-related products.
Since the establishment of the design system for products involving graphical user interfaces (GUIs), innovators have been able to effectively protect their innovative GUI designs through design patents. The guide aims to introduce the characteristics of product designs involving GUIs, requirements for application documents, and typical cases, so as to help innovators accurately understand the rules governing design protection for products involving GUIs, enhance the quality of design patent application drafting and responses, and promote the high-quality development of the design patent system.
The translated PDF is now available for free download and reference. We believe it will serve as a helpful guide in preparing and prosecuting GUI-related design patent applications in China.
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Guide for Design Patent Applications for Products Involving Graphical User Interfaces (Dec 2025)